Морской волк

Chapter 17

           Indeed,asIgazedattheheavyseathroughwhichwewererunning,Idoubtedthattherewasaboatafloat.Itdidnotseempossiblethatsuchfrailcraftcouldsurvivesuchstressofwindandwater.

           Icouldnotfeelthefullforceofthewind,forwewererunningwithit;butfrommyloftyperchIlookeddownasthoughoutsidetheGhostandapartfromher,andsawtheshapeofheroutlinedsharplyagainstthefoamingseaasshetorealonginstinctwithlife.Sometimesshewouldliftandsendacrosssomegreatwave,buryingherstarboard-railfromview,andcoveringherdecktothehatcheswiththeboilingocean.Atsuchmoments,startingfromawindwardroll,Iwouldgoflyingthroughtheairwithdizzyingswiftness,asthoughIclungtotheendofahuge,invertedpendulum,thearcofwhich,betweenthegreaterrolls,musthavebeenseventyfeetormore.Once,theterrorofthisgiddysweepoverpoweredme,andforawhileIclungon,handandfoot,weakandtrembling,unabletosearchtheseaforthemissingboatsortobeholdaughtoftheseabutthatwhichroaredbeneathandstrovetooverwhelmtheGhost.

           Butthethoughtofthemeninthemidstofitsteadiedme,andinmyquestforthemIforgotmyself.ForanhourIsawnothingbutthenaked,desolatesea.Andthen,whereavagrantshaftofsunlightstrucktheoceanandturneditssurfacetowrathfulsilver,Icaughtasmallblackspeckthrustskywardforaninstantandswallowedup.Iwaitedpatiently.Againthetinypointofblackprojecteditselfthroughthewrathfulblazeacoupleofpointsoffourport-bow.

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